Medal on the Peace of Münster, celebrated in Nuremberg
Also known as: Penning over de Vrede van Munster, gevierd te Neurenberg
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1650-06-16
Silver square medal. Obverse: hand emerging from clouds offering a wreath to clasped hands above a globe, within a circumscription. Reverse: inscription within a circumscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-840; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements length 3.2 cm x width 3.1 cm x weight 7.8 g. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- length 3.2 cm x width 3.1 cm x weight 7.8 g
- Dimensions museum
- length 3.2 cm x width 3.1 cm x weight 7.8 g
Design
- Obverse
- hand emerging from clouds offering a wreath to clasped hands above a globe, within a circumscription.
- Reverse
- inscription within a circumscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Penning over de Vrede van Munster, gevierd te Neurenberg
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-840
- Museum classification
- medal
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, attribution, weight, diameter and catalogue references against medallic references.